WALGA undertakes both policy and projects covering a wide range of waste management issues and
WasteNet
is a website dedicated to providing waste and recycling information.
Key Projects and Programs
- Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Program
- Behaviour Change – Bin tagging
- Encouraging use of Construction & Demolition materials in fit for purpose applications
- Encouraging use Local Government sourced organics
- Better Practice Guide for Verge side Collections
- Improving the consideration of Waste Management in the Planning System
Upcoming Projects Include
- Guidance for planning, siting, operating and closure of small rural landfills
- Better Practice Guide for CCTV use to reduce illegal dumping
- Better Practice Guide for Reuse Shops
Waste Management and Recycling Policy Statements
- Waste Management Legislation
- Household Hazardous Waste
- Standards for Recycled Organics Applied to Land
- Waste Levy and Strategic Waste Funding
- Extended Producer Responsibility
- Container Deposit Systems
- Waste Management Consultation and Communication
- Waste Management Education
- Waste Management Date and Information Management
What's on WasteNet
- Policy Statements, Submissions and Discussion Papers
- Projects and Programs administered by WALGA
- Information about State and Federal Legislation, Regulation and Policy
- Activities relating to different waste streams
- Current and previous editions of WasteNews
- Links to the websites of other agencies working in waste management
WasteNet is a source of information for Local Government Waste teams, dedicated to providing useful resources on waste and recycling.
Read the latest editions of WasteNews, WALGA's fortnightly Waste E-Newsletter.
For more information, contact the WALGA Waste team on
waste@walga.asn.au